Ja byl u nej (Kol'tsov, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ja byl u nej; ona skazala:
,,Ljublju tebja, moj milyj drug!``
No `etu tajnu ot podrug
khranit' mne strogo zaveshchala.

Ja byl u nej, na prelest' zlata
Kljalas' menja ne promenjat';
Ko mne lish' strastiju pylat',
Menja ljubit', ljubit', kak brata.

Ja byl u nej; ja vechno budu 
S jejo dushoj dushoju zhit'.
Puskaj ona mne izmenit',
No ja izmennikom ne budu.

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Authorship

Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808-1842)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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